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aura
1[ awr-uh ]
noun
plural auras aurae
- a distinctive and pervasive quality or character; air; atmosphere:
an aura of respectability;
an aura of friendliness.
- a subtly pervasive quality or atmosphere seen as emanating from a person, place, or thing.
- Pathology. a sensation, as of lights or a current of warm or cold air, preceding an attack of migraine or epilepsy.
Aura
2[ awr-uh ]
noun
Classical Mythology.
- a companion of Artemis who bore twins to Dionysus. Zeus changed her into a spring because, in a fit of madness, she had killed one of her children.
aura
/ ˈɔ˰ùÉ™ /
noun
- a distinctive air or quality considered to be characteristic of a person or thing
- any invisible emanation, such as a scent or odour
- pathol strange sensations, such as noises in the ears or flashes of light, that immediately precede an attack, esp of epilepsy
- (in parapsychology) an invisible emanation produced by and surrounding a person or object: alleged to be discernible by individuals of supernormal sensibility
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of aura1
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin, from Greek: “breath (of air)â€
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of aura1
C18: via Latin from Greek: breeze
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The aura of invincibility which he had developed has dropped a notch.
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But Rick’s troubled aura has me so intrigued.
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"Despite not being the loudest, most aggressive, he had an aura - you just wanted to listen to him."
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Phil, who never took no for an answer, there would have no Disney Hall in which to produce the evening’s incomparable piano aura.
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Finn Russell was sublime, Huw Jones scored two epic tries and the Scots stripped away the English aura of invincibility.
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